Talk:River Avon, Hampshire

Length

Old Hampshire Gazetteer gives length as 70 miles, of which about 20 are in Hampshire. CS⁴⁶ 20:15, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Freezes from the bottom up?

Are you sure? How would this work? I think such an unusual phenomenon needs a source. Pterre (talk) 11:00, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

I believe anchor ice is quite common at this latitude in other parts of the world, just rare in the UK. I thought I gave a source?--Ykraps (talk) 23:44, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Oops. No I didn't. I'll get one.--Ykraps (talk) 23:46, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Done. The whole article is short of references and needs a bit of work. Perhaps I'll add it to my 'to do' list. :)--Ykraps (talk) 23:59, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for that. Not sure the latitude is all that relevant - the North Atlantic Drift obviously makes Britain's climate very different to that of Newfoundland (say), though looking out of the window I'm starting to wonder. If Hoodless refers to anchor ice, perhaps you should refer to this in an explanatory paragraph? Note that 'anchor frost' (which appears to be the same thing) is reported in the River Nene in Huntingdon in 'Legends and traditions of Huntingdonshire' by W.H.Bernard Saunders (1888), so I'm not sure the river would count as the only one in the UK. Pterre (talk) 18:45, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

Also mentioned in the upper Thames in encyclopedia123 ice. Pterre (talk) 19:07, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

You've clearly done more research than me :). I notice your last link (encyclopedia123 ice) mentions the Avon as being affected by this phenomenon. Hoodless's book contains photographs of workers breaking up the ice at the bottom of the river when it was interfering with the intake at the Knapp Mill Waterworks in 1963. The book uses the word 'unique' but I'm quite happy if you want to change the wording to 'remarkable' or unusual'; or even remove it altogether pending further investigation and/or additional sources.--Ykraps (talk) 20:28, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

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